
Shaken Aimanov
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday16 October 1914
Died23 December 1970 (age 56)
Place of birthBayanaul, Bayanaul district, Pavlodar region, Kazakhstan
Known credits22
Biography
Shaken Kenzhetaevich Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970; Bayanaul) was a Soviet (Kazakh) film director, screenwriter, actor. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970. Aimanov was born in Bayanaul, Russian Empire (now Kazakhstan) in 1914. He studied at the Kazakh Institute of Education in Semipalatinsk (now Semey) from 1931 to 1933. He began his acting career at the Kazakh Theater of Drama in Alma-Ata in 1933. Vivid social and psycholo…

Once and for a Lifetime
1977

The End of the Ataman
1970 · Director

Angel Wearing Tubeteika
1969 · Director

Angel Wearing Tubeteika
1969 · Writer

At the Foot of Naizatas
1969 · Baysembay

At the Foot of Naizatas
1969 · Screenplay

Gunshot at the Mountain Pass
1968 · Producer

Aksak Kulan
1968 · Narrator (voice)

Wings of Song
1966

Wings of Song
1966 · Producer

The Land of Our Fathers
1966 · Director

Beardless Deceiver
1965 · Aldar-Kose

Beardless Deceiver
1965 · Writer

Beardless Deceiver
1965 · Director

Crossroads
1963 · Director

Song Calls
1961 · Screenplay

Song Calls
1961 · Director

In One District
1961 · Sabyr Bayanov

In One District
1961 · Director

In One District
1961 · Writer

The Road of Life
1959 · Producer

Our Kind Doctor
1958 · dramatic actor

Our Kind Doctor
1958 · Director

Here We Live
1956 · Beisov

Here We Live
1956 · Director

A Poem About Love
1954 · Director

Daughter of the Steppes
1954 · Director

Zhambyl
1953 · Dzhambul

Golden Horn
1948 · Jaken Dosanov

Songs of Abai
1946 · Sharip

White Rose
1943 · Jakpan

Rajchan
1940 · Sarsen
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